Spanish–English parallel text
La puerta verde
The Green Door
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Mi abuelo murió el lunes. El viernes, un abogado me dio una llave. Y un mapa de su jardín.
My grandfather died on Monday. On Friday a lawyer gave me a key. And a map of his garden.
El funeral fue pequeño. Llovió. Mi madre no lloró. La tía Karin estuvo mirando su móvil todo el tiempo.
The funeral was small. It rained. My mother didn’t cry. Aunt Karin looked at her phone the whole time.
Después del funeral, todos fuimos a casa del abuelo. La casa está al final de una pequeña calle en Bamberg. Es vieja, pero el jardín es grande y bonito. El abuelo trabajaba en el jardín casi todos los días. Siempre decía: «La tierra no miente».
After the funeral we all went to Grandpa’s house. The house is at the end of a little street in Bamberg. It’s old, but the garden is big and beautiful. Grandpa worked in the garden almost every day. He always said, “The soil doesn’t lie.”
Estuve a menudo con él, cada verano, desde que era pequeña. Recogíamos manzanas y regábamos los tomates juntos. El abuelo no hablaba mucho. Pero en el jardín siempre era feliz.
I spent a lot of time with him, every summer, ever since I was little. We picked apples and watered tomatoes together. Grandpa didn’t talk much. But in the garden he was always happy.
El abogado se llama señor Vogel. Es un hombre pequeño con gafas grandes. En la cocina me dio un sobre marrón.
The lawyer is called Mr Vogel. He’s a small man with big glasses. In the kitchen he gave me a brown envelope.
«Esto es solo para usted, señora Weber», dijo en voz baja. «Su abuelo lo quiso así».
“This is only for you, Ms Weber,” he said quietly. “Your grandfather wanted it that way.”
En el sobre encontré una llave pequeña y vieja. Y una hoja de papel. El abuelo había dibujado el jardín con lápiz: la casa, el manzano, los parterres, el seto alto. Al lado del seto hizo una cruz roja.
In the envelope I found a small old key. And a sheet of paper. Grandpa had drawn the garden in pencil: the house, the apple tree, the flower beds, the tall hedge. Next to the hedge he had made a red cross.
Debajo del dibujo escribió tres palabras: No para Karin.
Under the drawing he had written three words: Not for Karin.
Cerré el sobre rápidamente. Pero la tía Karin lo vio.
I quickly closed the envelope. But Aunt Karin saw it.
«¿Qué tienes ahí, Lena?», preguntó.
“What have you got there, Lena?” she asked.
«Nada. Solo una carta del abuelo».
“Nothing. Just a letter from Grandpa.”
Ella sonrió. Pero sus ojos no sonreían.
She smiled. But her eyes didn’t smile.
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